Flag --random instead of --seed.

Hoping that will be slightly easier to understand.

Makefile

@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ txt: $(examples:.gamebook=.txt)
 uploadto=$(shell cat .uploadto)
 
 %.rtf: %.gamebook *.py templates/rtf/*.rtf
-	./formatgamebook.py --seed=1 $< $@
+	./formatgamebook.py --random=1 $< $@
 
 %.html: %.gamebook *.py templates/html/*.html
-	./formatgamebook.py --seed=1 $< $@
+	./formatgamebook.py --random=1 $< $@
 
 %.tex: %.gamebook *.py templates/tex/*.tex
-	./formatgamebook.py --seed=1 $< $@
+	./formatgamebook.py --random=1 $< $@
 
 %.dot: %.gamebook *.py templates/dot/*.dot
-	./formatgamebook.py --seed=1 $< $@
+	./formatgamebook.py --random=1 $< $@
 
 %.debug: %.gamebook *.py templates/debug/*.debug
-	./formatgamebook.py --seed=1 $< $@
+	./formatgamebook.py --random=1 $< $@
 
 %.txt:  %.gamebook *.py templates/txt/*.txt
-	./formatgamebook.py --seed=1 $< $@
+	./formatgamebook.py --random=1 $< $@
 
 %.pdf: %.tex
 	cd $(dir $<) &&	pdflatex $(notdir $<) && pdflatex $(notdir $<)

formatgamebook.py

@@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                     action='append', help='add custom template dir')
     ap.add_argument('-y', '--verify', action='store_true',
                     help='verify gamebook structure')
-    ap.add_argument('-s', '--seed', action='store', default=None,
-                    help='random seed for shuffling sections')
+    ap.add_argument('-r', '--random', action='store', default=None,
+                    metavar='R',
+                    help='random number seed for shuffling sections')
     args = ap.parse_args()
     templatedirs = ['templates',
                     os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), 'templates')]
@@ -202,4 +203,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                     args.import_default_map_file,
                     templatedirs,
                     args.verify,
-                    args.seed)
+                    args.random)

readme.org

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ gamebook on paper or a screen (or for debugging it).
 :   -M, --no-default-map  ignore default map file
 :   -t D, --template D    add custom template dir
 :   -y, --verify          verify gamebook structure
-:   -s SEED, --seed=SEED  random seed for shuffling sections
+:   -r R, --random=R      random number seed for shuffling sections
 
 ** Supported Output Formats